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Car touchscreens are the worst. More complicated, more failure states, and I can't feel the volume button, so I have to take my eyes off the road.

a_square_peg 4y ago
Yeah - this one. I'm sure there must have been some accidents that occurred because it really requires you to shift your attention to the screen.
qorrect 4y ago
Car touchscreens are actively making the world a more dangerous place to live in. And everyone seems ok with it.
- sliken 4y ago
  Dunno, I consider it a win. 99% of my looking at a touchscreen is at the map/car for more situational awareness. I look for things like is there a traffic jam coming up? Or see some motion out of the corner of my eye, turns out it's a motorcycle splitting lanes behind me. Or the car two cars ahead of me flashes red because it's braking. The always present current speed limit is handy as well, didn't realize how often I used it until I drove a car without it. At least in Tesla's, it seems like a win for safety. No switching channels, no loading CDs/switching stations (just say "play pink floyd"), no playing with volume (it's on the steering wheel), automatic wipers, (with manual do it now on the stalk), automatic temp control, voice based nav that works well. Seat adjustments are on the seat. Cruise control following distances are on the steering wheel. Pause music is on the steering wheel (or automatic when you receive a call or ask for voice control). Car's without touchscreens still often require looking, can you change your channel to preset #3 without looking? Switch from heat to AC mode? Defrost your front/rear windshield? Seems about the same as a touch screen, and relatively infrequent. Not sure what people are doing on their touch screens, but I rarely touch mine, and when I look it's for more info about my environment, not less.
  - darkerside 4y ago
    Congrats, we don't all have a Tesla? I'm thinking of the mediocre touchscreen in my Honda.
sliken 4y ago
Sounds ugly, on a tesla it's the left thumb wheel on steering wheel. So not only do you not have to take your eyes off the road, you don't have to take your hands off the wheel.
- soco 4y ago
  Tesla doesn't have touchscreens?
  - sliken 4y ago
    The parent complained about not being able to feel the volume knob, but it's just a roller ball on the steering wheel. The Tesla does have a touch screen, but you don't need them to change the volume, the cruise control follow distance, play a new song, pause a song, make a phone call, use voice nav, manually overwrite the wipers (wipe now), etc.

a_square_peg 4y ago

Yeah - this one. I'm sure there must have been some accidents that occurred because it really requires you to shift your attention to the screen.

qorrect 4y ago

Car touchscreens are actively making the world a more dangerous place to live in. And everyone seems ok with it.

sliken 4y ago
Dunno, I consider it a win. 99% of my looking at a touchscreen is at the map/car for more situational awareness. I look for things like is there a traffic jam coming up? Or see some motion out of the corner of my eye, turns out it's a motorcycle splitting lanes behind me. Or the car two cars ahead of me flashes red because it's braking. The always present current speed limit is handy as well, didn't realize how often I used it until I drove a car without it. At least in Tesla's, it seems like a win for safety. No switching channels, no loading CDs/switching stations (just say "play pink floyd"), no playing with volume (it's on the steering wheel), automatic wipers, (with manual do it now on the stalk), automatic temp control, voice based nav that works well. Seat adjustments are on the seat. Cruise control following distances are on the steering wheel. Pause music is on the steering wheel (or automatic when you receive a call or ask for voice control). Car's without touchscreens still often require looking, can you change your channel to preset #3 without looking? Switch from heat to AC mode? Defrost your front/rear windshield? Seems about the same as a touch screen, and relatively infrequent. Not sure what people are doing on their touch screens, but I rarely touch mine, and when I look it's for more info about my environment, not less.
- darkerside 4y ago
  Congrats, we don't all have a Tesla? I'm thinking of the mediocre touchscreen in my Honda.

sliken 4y ago

Sounds ugly, on a tesla it's the left thumb wheel on steering wheel. So not only do you not have to take your eyes off the road, you don't have to take your hands off the wheel.

soco 4y ago
Tesla doesn't have touchscreens?
- sliken 4y ago
  The parent complained about not being able to feel the volume knob, but it's just a roller ball on the steering wheel. The Tesla does have a touch screen, but you don't need them to change the volume, the cruise control follow distance, play a new song, pause a song, make a phone call, use voice nav, manually overwrite the wipers (wipe now), etc.